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For me a character is annoying when it disrupts or ruins any good scenes
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In before tsundere whiners.

A character can easily be annoying. I often find characters who are only around for comic relief, and nothing else, to be annoying as hell. Like that blue-haired guy from Toradora, or that damn kid from Kimi ni Todoke who interrupted every romantic moment. I mean, comedy's great, but having a character whose only purpose in the entire show is comedy, and nothing else besides a few cheap laughs, that's pretty lazy writing.
Apr 24, 2012 3:10 PM
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Bad writing for starters.
Apr 24, 2012 3:22 PM
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One that doesn't really contribute much to the show, but takes up a lot of screen time anyway.

For example, Itsuki from Initial D: First Stage. I can't imagine anyone getting any comic relief from that whiny, annoying, obnoxious embodiment of idiocy.
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Characters like Kagura from Aquarion Evol, Yoshida from Shakugan no Shana and Shinn from Seed Destiny.

Someones free to elaborate each personality because I'm not really sure.
Apr 24, 2012 3:51 PM
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Talks about being evil all the time then screws up when he/she needs to actually be evil. Also the other way around, good char preaches to bad one then turns out to be the most whiny, possessive, jelaous idiot ever. Examples... most of the chars from fate universe, the only one to actually follow up on her words is the blond loli (lilya or whatever).

Idiotic characters like Alan Walker, soooo stupid, 99% of plot twist in the first 15 episodes (I dropped it) are caused by him forgeting he's supposed to be protecting someone or accidentally getting in the way of his allies attack. I know I shouldn't get excited over a show I dropped, but why the hell do they make him forget that the person standing two feet away from him is a perfect material for a hostage in every single episode.
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Cockblocking.
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recheebts said:
In before tsundere whiners.

A character can easily be annoying. I often find characters who are only around for comic relief, and nothing else, to be annoying as hell. Like that blue-haired guy from Toradora, or that damn kid from Kimi ni Todoke who interrupted every romantic moment. I mean, comedy's great, but having a character whose only purpose in the entire show is comedy, and nothing else besides a few cheap laughs, that's pretty lazy writing.

For the record, there are a lot of blue-haired guys in Toradora!. You mean Haruta, right?
I thought you were talking about Kitamura at first...
Apr 24, 2012 4:00 PM
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Rumiko Takahashi. Can't even begin to list how many of her characters are annoying. I don't like the angry, violent types and her work is full of them.

Ditzy, useless characters and characters with bizarre quirks just for the sake of being quirky. Mayuri from Steins;Gate for example seems to exist for no reason other than to be "cute" and quirky, with her Tuturu and her constant attempts to steal the sun.


Having an annoying voice helps too.
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ataraxial said:
recheebts said:
In before tsundere whiners.

A character can easily be annoying. I often find characters who are only around for comic relief, and nothing else, to be annoying as hell. Like that blue-haired guy from Toradora, or that damn kid from Kimi ni Todoke who interrupted every romantic moment. I mean, comedy's great, but having a character whose only purpose in the entire show is comedy, and nothing else besides a few cheap laughs, that's pretty lazy writing.

For the record, there are a lot of blue-haired guys in Toradora!. You mean Haruta, right?
I thought you were talking about Kitamura at first...


Haha yes, I was talking about Haruta, forgot his name. I always thought Kitamura's hair was green. Then again, Ryuuji also had blue hair so I probably should have been more specific.

And this x1000:

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Cockblocking.
Apr 24, 2012 4:11 PM

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Arrogance
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Weak characters that aren't good for anything but think they're the best in the world.
Apr 24, 2012 4:15 PM

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Characters that never get it through their thick heads and act the same way in every god damn situation. (Insert badly written tsunderes in here) I use the tsunderes as an example cause its easy.
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-Having a 'big mouth' and when something actually happens screaming at the MC for help only later on to complain that he didn't help fast enough to help her/him out.

-Guys who can't read the mood and have the worst timing ever to pop up.

-Tsundere bitching

-Saying one name/phrase all the time. Usually worthless bystanders wasting space and screen time. Example ... Kurosaki-kuuuun, Kurosaki-kuuuun...
Apr 24, 2012 4:17 PM

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Ones who are full of themselves and believe there something special when actually there not.
Also the one's who are cold hearted in romances and show no emotion.
Apr 24, 2012 4:34 PM

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For me it would be characters with no personnality like Inori from Guilty Crown.
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GIANT BOOBS FOR NO REASON
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recheebts said:
ataraxial said:
recheebts said:
In before tsundere whiners.

A character can easily be annoying. I often find characters who are only around for comic relief, and nothing else, to be annoying as hell. Like that blue-haired guy from Toradora, or that damn kid from Kimi ni Todoke who interrupted every romantic moment. I mean, comedy's great, but having a character whose only purpose in the entire show is comedy, and nothing else besides a few cheap laughs, that's pretty lazy writing.

For the record, there are a lot of blue-haired guys in Toradora!. You mean Haruta, right?
I thought you were talking about Kitamura at first...


Haha yes, I was talking about Haruta, forgot his name. I always thought Kitamura's hair was green. Then again, Ryuuji also had blue hair so I probably should have been more specific.

You're right, Kitamura's hair is definitely more dark green than blue. I always thought his hair was basically the same as Ryuuji's for some reason...

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GIANT BOOBS FOR NO REASON

I agree with this.
Apr 24, 2012 5:26 PM
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A character with a lack of character development or growth can get annoying. Though I wouldn't expect that from every anime character, otherwise I don't think I would like anime.
Apr 24, 2012 5:43 PM

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shounen characters or kids
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When they are always played by the same voice actor. >< [Rie Kugimiya]
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Being a pussy.
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Bad writing for starters.

Can't agree more. Just seeing a character get character resets or no development at all is bad enough. Of course, that only applies on the more important characters (Minene from Mirai Nikki just couldn't stop getting her character rewritten, same goes for Suzaku from Code Geass).

The voice is kinda important too. If his voice is annoying, I kinda doubt that the character would end up likable, except if that voice ain't important for his sterotype. Example: That ninja girl from Kill me Baby. I couldn't stand her voice and it was a pain watching her appear each time. Some people love her because of her voice.

And not to forget, characters wearing thick plot armor. It's just too difficult to like them. What's even worse is when that same character dies a really stupid way in the end.

There are a lot of factors that can make a character annoying.

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When they are always played by the same voice actor. >< [Rie Kugimiya]
Wouldn't that mean you hate just about everyone but the necromancer from Kore wa zombie desu ka?
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Rumiko Takahashi. Can't even begin to list how many of her characters are annoying. I don't like the angry, violent types and her work is full of them.

Ditzy, useless characters and characters with bizarre quirks just for the sake of being quirky. Mayuri from Steins;Gate for example seems to exist for no reason other than to be "cute" and quirky, with her Tuturu and her constant attempts to steal the sun.


Having an annoying voice helps too.



She is not that useless. At least she contributed something to the story
Apr 25, 2012 1:40 AM

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Kid voice..

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Apr 25, 2012 1:43 AM

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Most of all for me, having an incosistent personality.

A whiny, indecisive or just stupid character will also make me boil with anger.
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Makes me never want to watch Aria the Scarlet Ammo.

Also characters who are normally useless, get into trouble a lot, complain about it, and are somehow still crucial to the plot. Ganta from Deadman Wonderland, I hope you're better in the manga than you are in the anime.
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Hmm. Poor decision making consistently, forgetting things that have been done to them completely, and being easily convinced that their opinions are flawed just because someone talked all clever like at them for 20 seconds.

Nothing annoys me more than watching some weak willed character break down in tears because some relatively clever chap abused him for 20 seconds.
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for me the first thing is the voice of the va voicing it
Apr 25, 2012 4:43 AM

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Key things that make a character annoying to me is...

-Thinking he/she is better than anyone else. Example: Suzu Sakuma of Marmalade Boy

-Capturing the affection of someone else when that affection is not deserved. All that affection does is make the annoying character in question think he/she is special when he/she is not. Example: Quess Paraya of Char's Counterattack

-Contradicting what he/says on a particular issue, it's more annoying when it's done by a protagonist character. Example: Reccoa Londe of Zeta Gundam

-Acting like a total prick with a snot-nosed look on his/her face. Example: Shinn Asuka of Gundam SEED Destiny

-Lack of maturity by throwing temper tantrums and acting childish for no reason. Example: Kozue Izumi of Infinite Ryvius

-Acting all self-righteous and having this attitude that he/she is always right and other people who don't think the same way or have a different opinion is wrong. Example: Kira Yamato of Gundam SEED/Destiny

-Being a character that doesn't bring much to the story and is just there to be a wallflower and has zero development. Example: Rosamia Badam of Zeta Gundam

-Is thoughtless (in a bad way) and doesn't consider the feelings of another person/people around him/her. Example: Katsumi Liqueur of Silent Mobius
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I don't really know, it differs with different animes, sometimes it's them being stupid, clingy and plain annoying, others it's when they don't really add much to the story, but then it can be when they're getting in the way of a couple being together, there's many reasons in what I think makes a character annoying.
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I think that the most annoying characters are that:
Are stupid, stubborn, childish
Too emotional, sob over nothing, like girls from BRS TV
Selfish, rude, cold with no reason
Clingy, sex starving females that tease male characters
Spineless characters, gender doesn't matter
And of course, all those unrealistic, angle-like female characters
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Attitude and Voice.
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when a character does something "evil" because of hatred or revenge and has a stupid reason behind it
characters who are somewhat prominent to the plot but have no character development.
"i want to make everyone happy" -type characters
and many other things
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Kazeshini said:
shounen characters


Obviously this, each and every single one of them.
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Emotionless characters.
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Stupid, stubborn, being weak and fighting over small stuffs(for couples in anime)
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Being a loli.
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Being a loli.

Being a grown-up loli.
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KeiranShikari said:
Kazeshini said:
shounen characters


Obviously this, each and every single one of them.

And especially Onizuka from GTO. Worst character evaar.
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Tiago97 said:
KeiranShikari said:
Kazeshini said:
shounen characters


Obviously this, each and every single one of them.

And especially Onizuka from GTO. Worst character evaar.

Onizuka as the worst character ever? Holy fucking shit, you have a mental problem
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icamehere said:
Tiago97 said:
KeiranShikari said:
Kazeshini said:
shounen characters


Obviously this, each and every single one of them.

And especially Onizuka from GTO. Worst character evaar.

Onizuka as the worst character ever? Holy fucking shit, you have a mental problem

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What irritates me the most is when a character's purpose or personality ruins what could be a really good treat in the show.
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Arrogance
Ha ha, you've got both Zoro and Lelouch on your favourites, you can't find it that annoying.

I normally hate naive characters the most and yes before someone quotes me I know I have Vash on my favourites but he's the exception :P
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Supporting females who are love interests that hurt the main character by trying to shoot him or having revenge sex like Shirley Fenette and Flay Allster. Also they do nothing else besides loaf around with their feelings the entire series wasting screentime. I don't mind normal girls who don't fight as I like Kyoko Sasagawa, Haru Miura, Sharon Rainsworth, etc..., but Shirley and Flay were like thrown in my face every fucking episode with their bs I could care less about. They are terribly written supporting love interests that never grow and remain annoying or bitchy the entire series.

So basically how their personalities are written and their actions in the series determine wither they are annoying or not. Also if they never grow and develop into a better character.
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if a character acts in an illogical, unrealistic way.
if he hinders the main character, or is a burden
characters that can change their opinion or be swayed by another very easily.
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